Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 16
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 3
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Release Date: Jul 28, 1939 Wide
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips, based on James Hilton's novel, is a melodrama about a shy British teacher named Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat) who devotes his life to teaching "his boys" after the death of his lovely, energetic American wife Katherine (Greer Garson). Told via flashbacks, the film features an aged Mr. Chipping looking back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who've touched his life over the years. Donat was the recipient of a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the
Unrated, 1 hr. 55 min.
Jul 28, 1939 Wide
Feb 3, 2004
MGM Home Entertainment
All Critics (20) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (4) | DVD (6)
Robert Donat at the peak of his skills... as moving today as it was upon its premiere.
Inspirational, touching, classic work with Robert Donat's Oscar winning performance.
Robert Donat gives a strong performance as a legendary school teacher in this sentimental tribute, which introduced to American audiences British actress Greer Garson.
The sound and picture quality are good, but no extras are included on the disc.
A standard story delivered well with not many stylistic discretions, which gives it a timeless quality.
The original inspirational-teacher story, and a beloved valentine to classical education, tradition, and the English public boarding schools of a bygone era.
...a film that has stood the test of time remarkably well.
...should continue to provide pleasure for as long as people value characterization and heart above plot contrivances and technical effects.
Start with It's a Wonderful Life and take away Christmas and all the bad stuff that happens, and you've got this movie.
Not as cloying as you might think; Donat is engaging, and Greer Garson is simply luminous.
Good old Mr. Chips has been teaching at the Brookfield public school for several hundred years, or so the boys say. In "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", we're taken on a journey back through those several hundred years. Actually, Mr. Chips was the latin teacher from 1870 to 1918, with several extra years tacked on for good
November 28, 2011Super Reviewer
Arthur Chipping is certianly one of the greatest heros ever to grace the screen, played by Robert Donat in his Oscar winning perfromance. Goodbye Mr. Chips is an unsung classic, a golden tearjerker, a deeply affecting movie. One of my new favourities.
December 29, 2008Super Reviewer
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